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HARRISON OGBORN, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA. Letters Patent No. 71,782, dated December 3, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GANDLESTIGKS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, HARRISON OGBORN, of Richmond, in the county of Wayne, and State of Indiana, have made a new and useful Improvement in Candlesticks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full and exact description of the same suicient to enable those skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to understand and construct the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved Candlestick.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same;` and Figure 3 is a detached sectional view of the spare-end fitted into the Candlestick.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several'iigures.

The-nature of my invention consists in providing the body of the candlestick with a match-safe, in such a manner that the same shall be securely enclosed in the body Yof the candlestick, being hinged thereto and forming part of it; also, in providing a currentoi` air around the base of the spare-end ofthe candlestiek, so that, when the wick burns in the melting drippings and end of the candle in the spare-end, the heat communicated to the latter shall not be transmitted to the matches inthe safe.

A, in the drawings, represents the body, and B the base, of an ordinary candlestick. Apart of the body of the same, a, is exsected, as shown, and hinged at'one side at b 6, and is provided with a circular box, C, into which the matches are placed. This box fits snugly into the body of thecandlestick, the inner side of which is sanded or otherwise roughened, for the purpose of striking the matches, and gives additional strength to the same when made of thin vsheet metal. The part a has a little projection or handle, e, made of metal, which holds the piece a to the body A,and serves to open the match-box, when desired. Just above the piece a, in the body; A of the Candlestick, is a partition, cl, which serves as a cover to the match-box, and, in somewhat, protects it from the e'ects of the heat communicated from the spare-end D, which fits snugly into the top part, e, of the body A. This spare-end D is of the customary shape, being provided with the' spur or sharp-pointed pinf and the ange g. The spurf, being placed into the wick of the candle, holds the wick straight when the candle is v nearly burned out and the melted grease Vin the spare-end is being consumed. The part e of the body A, between the base of the spare-end D and the partition d, is provided with holes, z', through which a current of cold air passes constantly, preventing the heat from the spare-end D descending into the match-box C, and there igniting the matches.

It is needless to refer to the utility of my improvement, the convenience of having the matches always at hand, when `desiring to light a candle in the dark, without being obliged to hunt for the 'match-box, being sailicient guarantee thereof; but itis also very simple, and easily and cheaply attached to a Candlestick.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The hinged part a, provided with the match-box C, fitting into the body A of a Candlestick, substantially as described. i a

2. The holes t', in combination with the partition d of the body A of a. Candlestick, substantially as and for the purposes described. i

3. The combination of the hinged part a, box C, partition d, holes i, and spare-end D, with the body A of a candlestick, substantially as and for the purposes described.v

HARRISON OGBORN.

'Witnesscsz Anexa. A. C. KLAUCKE, JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, 

